Dell
PowerEdge M710HD Technical Guide
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Storage
12.1
Drives
The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710HD supports up to two hot-pluggable 2.5‖ SAS or SSD hard drives. See
Table 9 for information on supported hard drives. For the most up-to-date information on supported
hard drives, visit Dell.com.
Table 9.
Supported Hard Drives
Form Factor
Capacity
Speed
Type
2.5‖
50GB, 100GB, 149GB
N/A
SSD
2.5‖
100GB, 146GB, 300GB, 600GB
10K
SAS
2.5‖
73GB, 146GB
15K
SAS
12.2
Hard Disk Drive Carrier
The PowerEdge M710HD supports the Dell 2.5‖ hard drive carrier. Legacy carriers are not supported
on M710HD.
Figure 4.
2.5” Hard Drive Carrier
12.3
Empty Drive Bays
For the slots that are not occupied by drives, a carrier blank is provided to maintain proper cooling,
maintain a uniform appearance to the unit, and provide EMI shielding.
12.4
Diskless Configuration Support
The system supports diskless configuration with storage controller (PERC H200 or PERC 6/i) installed
in the system. A 2.5‖ hard drive backplane is still installed in this configuration.